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now who could be behind this attack both assad's forces and rebels are pointing the finger of blame at each other but the rockets reportedly fell in areas controlled by the government the syrian rebels have long tried to overrun the weapons plant located in the very same area you can see on the map right there aleppo and then also fear that is the place where some of the country's chemical stockpile is said to be stored in fact the syrian government said in december that rebel forces plundered supplied of chlorine gas and some time ago this video was posted online showing animals purportedly being killed with chemicals those behind this footage affiliated themselves with assad's opponents and threaten to do the same with those who support the syrian president yet all of this evidence doesn't seem to convince president obama deeply skeptical. any claim that in fact it was the opposition that used chemical weapons and interesting use of the word skeptical with the stakes being so high one of the biggest concerns for all is this an area where syria's chemical arsenal falls into the hands
now who could be behind this attack both assad's forces and rebels are pointing the finger of blame at each other but the rockets reportedly fell in areas controlled by the government the syrian rebels have long tried to overrun the weapons plant located in the very same area you can see on the map right there aleppo and then also fear that is the place where some of the country's chemical stockpile is said to be stored in fact the syrian government said in december that rebel forces plundered...
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the syrian opposition says that forces loyal to the syrian president bashar assad fired what they are claiming a chemical weapons at rebels surrounding an army base in the town of address on the outskirts of the syrian capital of damascus now the reports we have all that to rebel fighters who were killed and some twenty two people were wounded it comes in light of accusations last week in which both sides accuse the other of using chemical weapons in any mysterious explosion near the city of aleppo which killed some twenty six people and wounded dozens of that incident was swiftly labeled by western intelligence agencies as a chemical incident perpetrated by forces loyal to the syrian president assad the syrian regime osce the united nations to launch an investigation the russian ministry has said that if there are reasons to believe that chemical weapons in fact were used an international group comprising of permanent united nations security council members has to be saying to syria the american president barack obama he has constantly in the process put the issue of chemical weaponr
the syrian opposition says that forces loyal to the syrian president bashar assad fired what they are claiming a chemical weapons at rebels surrounding an army base in the town of address on the outskirts of the syrian capital of damascus now the reports we have all that to rebel fighters who were killed and some twenty two people were wounded it comes in light of accusations last week in which both sides accuse the other of using chemical weapons in any mysterious explosion near the city of...
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no it is not the first time the syrian opposition in the pot as saying today that al assad's forces fired what they are claiming are chemical weapons at will surrounding an army base in the town of address on the outskirts of the syrian capital of damascus now the latest report suggests that two rebel fighters have been killed and some twenty three people wounded it does follow last week in which we saw accusations from both sides accusing the others of using chemical weaponry when there was a mysterious explosion near the city of aleppo now you remember that in that explosion twenty six people were killed and dozens more wounded that explosion was quickly and swiftly they billed by western intelligence agencies as a chemical incident perpetrated by forces loyal to the syrian president bashar assad the syrian regime has since the united nations to launch an investigation and the russian ministry has said that if there are reasons to believe that chemical weapons were used an international group comprising of permanent united nations security council members has to be sent to syria what we
no it is not the first time the syrian opposition in the pot as saying today that al assad's forces fired what they are claiming are chemical weapons at will surrounding an army base in the town of address on the outskirts of the syrian capital of damascus now the latest report suggests that two rebel fighters have been killed and some twenty three people wounded it does follow last week in which we saw accusations from both sides accusing the others of using chemical weaponry when there was a...
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citizen son he was voted in come i love why me who has been involved in the anti assad movement says radicals now dominate the coalition. the coalition went too far forming and monochrome government which we can characterize as extremists the reason behind this is the mechanisms that we used in the selection of a head of government were wrong and undemocratic this coalition wasn't elected it was appointed and radicals make up the majority does not match the reality of syrian society if this coalition was the result of free and fair elections then we would have accepted the results of the vote one should not deprive syrian minorities of the right to participate in political life as one should not to bribe the syrian liberal political groups of their rights at this stage of rebuilding our homeland the coalition should not be about revolutionary power it should be about a legitimate government a legitimate government should represent the opinions and interests of the whole syrian nation our position is balanced and we say that what we are seeing now is wrong. president obama winds up hi
citizen son he was voted in come i love why me who has been involved in the anti assad movement says radicals now dominate the coalition. the coalition went too far forming and monochrome government which we can characterize as extremists the reason behind this is the mechanisms that we used in the selection of a head of government were wrong and undemocratic this coalition wasn't elected it was appointed and radicals make up the majority does not match the reality of syrian society if this...
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and the west because they said the red line the chemical weapons are only seems to apply present assad's forces use of the syrian army and so we're going to be consistent on these chemical weapons to use me is wrong and if the rebels are using them they should be conducted to war crimes now the opposition the prime minister i guess a naturalized u.s. citizen what do you think drove this election his election but it reminds me of the election about ecommerce of mahmoud jibril in libya if you think back two years to the libyan air. and to see a very similar scenario because. he had spent many decades in the us he'd studied in the us and it was a very revealing wiki leaks cable from the us ambassador to libya which said that you know he was our kind of man he was the sort of person who could follow the us line so to speak and i think the same scenario with this man today is neat-o. because he spent decades living in texas and he's from the us if he's got a passport and of course the the americans want to make sure that when president assad falls they got their man in damascus and they've ch
and the west because they said the red line the chemical weapons are only seems to apply present assad's forces use of the syrian army and so we're going to be consistent on these chemical weapons to use me is wrong and if the rebels are using them they should be conducted to war crimes now the opposition the prime minister i guess a naturalized u.s. citizen what do you think drove this election his election but it reminds me of the election about ecommerce of mahmoud jibril in libya if you...
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thirty five and it's quite ludicrous to argue this guy has the right to rule syria where is president assad whether we support him or not does have a sizable support in the country which is why still in power and so i think the answer your question the u.s. wants this man as an ideal sort of leader opposed to sack to take power and obviously to do the things expected of him which would be to open up this your economy to u.s. multinationals to productize economy and of course to great with hezbollah to break with iran will be lunacy and madness for political president assad's forces to use chemical weapons and so if you know we've heard that chemical weapons has been used it has to be by the rebels and if that's the case then obviously that will highlight the hypocrisy of the u.s. and the west because they said let it be a red line that chemical weapons are used but only seems to apply if president assad's forces use them the syrian army and so we've got to be consistent on these chemical weapons to use them it's wrong and the rebels are using a should be indicted for war crimes to a small c
thirty five and it's quite ludicrous to argue this guy has the right to rule syria where is president assad whether we support him or not does have a sizable support in the country which is why still in power and so i think the answer your question the u.s. wants this man as an ideal sort of leader opposed to sack to take power and obviously to do the things expected of him which would be to open up this your economy to u.s. multinationals to productize economy and of course to great with...
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vice president and his government but not with the syrian president assad himself now to resignation does raise questions over the integrity of the syrian national opposition coalition it comes on the heels of twelve opposition members pulling out last week over the election of a prime minister the tip has complained that there has been insufficient groundwork to actually be able to form a government what we witnessing also is stark division amongst not a united picture at all and the opposition finding it very difficult to come to some kind of united stance on how to deal with the syrian regime with the tips stepping down is also seen as a sign of internal divisions it is seen as a sign of anxiety and so the question remains what does his resignation mean if the to find a diplomatic solution to this conflict. skin and bones fainting and even coughing up blood that's how lawyers for the hunger strike in guantanamo detainees describe some of their clients who've been starving themselves since early february some attorneys claim they're no longer given access to the captives while the
vice president and his government but not with the syrian president assad himself now to resignation does raise questions over the integrity of the syrian national opposition coalition it comes on the heels of twelve opposition members pulling out last week over the election of a prime minister the tip has complained that there has been insufficient groundwork to actually be able to form a government what we witnessing also is stark division amongst not a united picture at all and the...
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with his vice president and his government but not with the syrian president assad himself now tips resignation does raise questions over the integrity of the syrian national opposition coalition it comes on the heels of twelve opposition members pulling out last week over the election of applying minister the tip has complained that there has been insufficient groundwork to actually be able to form a government what we witnessing also is stark division among state not united picture at all and the opposition finding it very difficult to come to some kind of united stance on how to deal with the syrian regime with the tips sticking down is also seen as a sign of internal divisions it is seen as a sign of anxiety and so the question remains what does his resignation mean for efforts to find a diplomatic solution to this conflict. the u.s. is accusing iraq of turning a blind eye towards airspace being used by iranian flights travel weapons to syria secretary of state john kerry on a surprise trip to baghdad said iranian arms were sustaining syria's government iran insists is only huma
with his vice president and his government but not with the syrian president assad himself now tips resignation does raise questions over the integrity of the syrian national opposition coalition it comes on the heels of twelve opposition members pulling out last week over the election of applying minister the tip has complained that there has been insufficient groundwork to actually be able to form a government what we witnessing also is stark division among state not united picture at all and...
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the americans want to make sure that when president assad falls they got their man in damascus and they cherry picked and you know he voted by thirty five people and it's quite ludicrous to argue this guy has the right to rule syria where is present sad whether we support him or not does have sizable support in the country just why still in power and so i think the answer your question the u.s. wants this man as an ideal sort of leader opposed to sack to take power and obviously to do the things expected of him which would be to open up this unit commonly to u.s. multinationals productize economy and of course to great with hezbollah integrate with iran would be lunacy and madness for political president assad's forces to use chemical weapons and so if you know we found a can of worms has been used it has to be by the rebels and he thought that's the case then obviously that will highlight the hypocrisy of the u.s. and the west because they said that it be a red line of chemical weapons argues that only seems to apply if president assad's forces use them the syrian army and so we're goi
the americans want to make sure that when president assad falls they got their man in damascus and they cherry picked and you know he voted by thirty five people and it's quite ludicrous to argue this guy has the right to rule syria where is present sad whether we support him or not does have sizable support in the country just why still in power and so i think the answer your question the u.s. wants this man as an ideal sort of leader opposed to sack to take power and obviously to do the...
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elected desire to leave seen as a blow to the diminishing moderate wing of the uprising against the assad regime and the sudden void could be filled by more radical opposition middle east correspondent. in his statement was said that he was stepping down because some matters have to quote him reached red lines now he hasn't explained exactly what prompted his resignation but he did say that he was designing to be able to work with freedom that cannot be available from official institutions keep in mind that her to it was someone that both russia and the united states look to as a person that they could negotiate with on the future of syria back in february had to admit with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov following his claim that the syrian opposition was ready to negotiate with syrian president bashar assad it is important to remember that this was the first time ever that the syrian opposition talked about the possibility of talking to a side although had to later backtracked by saying that he was willing to talk about the departure of assad with his vice president and his go
elected desire to leave seen as a blow to the diminishing moderate wing of the uprising against the assad regime and the sudden void could be filled by more radical opposition middle east correspondent. in his statement was said that he was stepping down because some matters have to quote him reached red lines now he hasn't explained exactly what prompted his resignation but he did say that he was designing to be able to work with freedom that cannot be available from official institutions keep...
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coalition chief announces his resignation raising the alarm over dramatic divisions within the anti assad forces . starving to death approaches to see indefinite detention as those for hunger striking grant on a detainees claim their clients lives are on the line the u.s. military denies a crisis and even wants to expunge the facility. the latest news and the week's top stories this is the weekly here on ars he was me. and let's start with our breaking news this hour a bailout deal for cyprus has finally been reached in brussels with means which means the island will avoid a default according to the head of the eurozone bailout fund cyprus will get the first tranche out of the ten billion euros in early may the euro group has signed off on the rescue plan for the ailing economy which apply is a restructuring of cyprus is the second largest bank and to have a levy on larger deposit holders. cities house. it's really been a last minute effort here trying to meet but monday twenty fifth of march deadline aside by the european central bank and cutting up liquidity there will be a restructurin
coalition chief announces his resignation raising the alarm over dramatic divisions within the anti assad forces . starving to death approaches to see indefinite detention as those for hunger striking grant on a detainees claim their clients lives are on the line the u.s. military denies a crisis and even wants to expunge the facility. the latest news and the week's top stories this is the weekly here on ars he was me. and let's start with our breaking news this hour a bailout deal for cyprus...
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although later backtracked by saying that he was willing to talk about the departure of assad with his vice president and his government but not with the syrian president assad himself now tips resignation does raise questions over the integrity of the syrian national opposition coalition it comes on the heels of twelve opposition members pulling out last week over disagreements over the election of a point minister and that follows a meeting over the weekend in which the e.u. met with the syrian national coalition of heartache later said to quote him that their meeting achieved nothing the tip has complained that there has been insufficient groundwork to to actually be able to form a government this is supposed to be or at least it's being touted as a government in waiting what we witnessing also is stark division amongst jihadists on the ground so you're looking at opposition that is divided on the political level and also on on the ground so again not a united picture at all and the opposition finding it very difficult to come to some kind of united stance on how to deal with the sy
although later backtracked by saying that he was willing to talk about the departure of assad with his vice president and his government but not with the syrian president assad himself now tips resignation does raise questions over the integrity of the syrian national opposition coalition it comes on the heels of twelve opposition members pulling out last week over disagreements over the election of a point minister and that follows a meeting over the weekend in which the e.u. met with the...
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a staunch supporter of president bashar al assad it is the first time since the start of the uprising there's been a suicide attack in a mosque report. xeni has the details. the most shocking new. details that after the bomb they discovered another bomb which is the door of the mosque and. happily the happy news that it wasn't exploded. they managed to dissolve it it's inside the mosque. which is one of the most important schooled in syria and one of the most important one in the islamic would he is the one who was targeted mainly because. he was he was considered a supporter. of the syrian government and he made some strong speeches every friday trying to convince people to join the army and the fight for their country and he was he was under a lot of threats around that time of the and said syria but he insisted on his and his position and did not change into becoming one of this one of the people who were. best. meanwhile cracks are appearing in the anti assad syrian national coalition after the election of a new prime minister to govern rebel held areas the election of her son who
a staunch supporter of president bashar al assad it is the first time since the start of the uprising there's been a suicide attack in a mosque report. xeni has the details. the most shocking new. details that after the bomb they discovered another bomb which is the door of the mosque and. happily the happy news that it wasn't exploded. they managed to dissolve it it's inside the mosque. which is one of the most important schooled in syria and one of the most important one in the islamic would...
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with his vice president and his government but not with the syrian president assad himself now tips resignation does raise questions over the integrity of the syrian national opposition coalition it comes on the heels of twelve opposition members pulling out last week over the election of applying minister the tip has complained that there has been insufficient groundwork to actually be able to form a govern. what we're witnessing also is the start of vision among states not united picture at all and the opposition finding it very difficult to come to some kind of united stance on how to deal with the syrian regime and how tense the stepping down is also seen as a sign of intent of division it is seen as a sign of anxiety and so the question remains what does his resignation mean for efforts to find a diplomatic solution to this conflict. let's not get reaction from dr marcus but what i want to see is editor of politics first magazine marcus what do these latest developments tell us about the state of the syrian opposition just how stable is this coalition. well before i answer that
with his vice president and his government but not with the syrian president assad himself now tips resignation does raise questions over the integrity of the syrian national opposition coalition it comes on the heels of twelve opposition members pulling out last week over the election of applying minister the tip has complained that there has been insufficient groundwork to actually be able to form a govern. what we're witnessing also is the start of vision among states not united picture at...
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and took part in the anti assad neednt says the coalition is being guided by islamist radicals. they're there for. the coalition went to a for forming and monochrome government which we can characterize extremists the reason behind this is the mechanisms that we used in the selection of a head of government for iraq under the ground this coalition wasn't elected it was the point and radicals make up the majority the does not match the reality of syrian society if this coalition was the result of free and fair elections then we would have accepted the results of the vote should not deprive syrian minorities of the right to participate in political life as one should not a broad syrian liberal political groups of their rights at this stage of rebuilding our own the coalition should not be about revolutionary power it should be about legitimate government a legitimate government should represent the opinions and interests of the whole syrian nation our position is balanced and we see that what we are seeing now is wrong. now days after claiming to have him portrayed to the email ac
and took part in the anti assad neednt says the coalition is being guided by islamist radicals. they're there for. the coalition went to a for forming and monochrome government which we can characterize extremists the reason behind this is the mechanisms that we used in the selection of a head of government for iraq under the ground this coalition wasn't elected it was the point and radicals make up the majority the does not match the reality of syrian society if this coalition was the result...
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to syria now where the assad regime and rebel forces are both accusing one another of using chemical weapons syrian state media claimed yesterday that opposition forces as rebel forces launched a chemical attack and aleppo province killing at least two dozen people injuring more than one hundred people other violence to talk about syria's government and opposition are trading accusations tonight about the use of chemical weapons president obama has characterized such activity as a crossing a red line that theoretically would lead to harsh consequences. but of course the latest hot topic is an all too familiar one chemical weapons you know it's fascinating the media seems to do nothing but speculate about their existence or whether or not the assad regime has even used them but despite all this uncertainty the chemical weapons hysteria has been leading the corporate news coverage but syria's possible weapon of mass destruction is not the only source of national security fear induced by the corporate press of course we can't forget about the big other scary beast in the middle east see
to syria now where the assad regime and rebel forces are both accusing one another of using chemical weapons syrian state media claimed yesterday that opposition forces as rebel forces launched a chemical attack and aleppo province killing at least two dozen people injuring more than one hundred people other violence to talk about syria's government and opposition are trading accusations tonight about the use of chemical weapons president obama has characterized such activity as a crossing a...
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now the main question of course is who could be behind this attack well both assad's forces and rebels are pointing fingers at each other but the rockets reportedly fell in areas controlled by the government you can see on the right here we have the also fear or which i will get to in just a second in aleppo the one of the central cities in syria right there now syrian rebels have long been trying to overrun the weapons plant located in the very same area the aleppo province you're seeing it again right here there's a weapons plant reportedly located right here in also fear. supposedly that is where at least some of the country's chemical stockpile is said to be stored in fact the syrian government said in december that rebel forces plundered supplies of chlorine gas and some time ago this video which you're about to see was posted online purportedly showing animals being killed with chemicals there was the chemicals right there and we will get in just a moment to the animals which are essentially being tested now those behind the footage affiliated themselves with assad's opponents an
now the main question of course is who could be behind this attack well both assad's forces and rebels are pointing fingers at each other but the rockets reportedly fell in areas controlled by the government you can see on the right here we have the also fear or which i will get to in just a second in aleppo the one of the central cities in syria right there now syrian rebels have long been trying to overrun the weapons plant located in the very same area the aleppo province you're seeing it...
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idea is approved by washington will have to deliver a chemical weapon to homs similar to those that assad should have proposed are enormous talk to kevin barrett the same lawyers from iraq chemicals that don't see exist they're not even troy you americans have a terrible time you. and trying to imagine that their leaders could ever act you know less than morally upright way and for this reason americans have been repeatedly victimized by leaders who have done all sorts of terrible things to america and american democracy as well as to other countries trick to wear no resists well it's iran is suing all go direct to ben affleck it was to show cia documents ordering this flick to prepare america to halt samoans to bomb iran. i'm going to. remember you know iranians the portrayed like zombies from the one of the dead here who could the cia really control holywood yes of course this may sound like a crazy conspiracy theory to people who are exposed in a regular basis to fox news and c.n.n. the new york times which never talk about these things the cia has been propagandizing the american peop
idea is approved by washington will have to deliver a chemical weapon to homs similar to those that assad should have proposed are enormous talk to kevin barrett the same lawyers from iraq chemicals that don't see exist they're not even troy you americans have a terrible time you. and trying to imagine that their leaders could ever act you know less than morally upright way and for this reason americans have been repeatedly victimized by leaders who have done all sorts of terrible things to...
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militarily intervene first of all in order to impose a no fly zone you'd have to first take out the assad regime's anti-aircraft capabilities those are located in residential areas then you have to bomb those which would probably create more human suffering and death a bigger humanitarian crisis then we move in would you want boots on the ground does he does he think for a second that the kind of sectarian bloodletting that occurred in iraq and that killed hundreds of thousands of people simply wouldn't occur in syria which has just as many complications in terms of sectarianism and and different religions and different people the rebel opposition has close links with al qaeda groups do we want to help bring them to power and then we can be supporting moloch a state terrorist a thug a dictator as well as. those who is technically on the state department's designation of official terrorist organizations. going into syria would be such a disaster that it's almost unspeakable and the fact that people like douglas and other interventionist yes i'll use that word again claim that we ought to b
militarily intervene first of all in order to impose a no fly zone you'd have to first take out the assad regime's anti-aircraft capabilities those are located in residential areas then you have to bomb those which would probably create more human suffering and death a bigger humanitarian crisis then we move in would you want boots on the ground does he does he think for a second that the kind of sectarian bloodletting that occurred in iraq and that killed hundreds of thousands of people simply...
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united states continues to work with allies and friends and the syrian opposition to hasten the end of assad's rule and only ran on its nuclear program more of the same warnings netanyahu seized on that year to send a message to tehran about american loyalty to israel mr president i want to thank you once again for always making clear that israel must be able to defend itself by itself against any threat it's no coincidence that obama chose israel for the first foreign visit of his second term relations between him and it on yahoo have been strained particular video over west bank settlements and the waning freight. and although they both put on a happy face for the cameras there's no denying the mistrust below the surface israel can never see the right to defend ourselves to others even to the greatest of our friends in the off the map of the arab spring the united states needs all the friends it can gaze but for all the pomp and ceremony a bomb is visited chief nothing more than reminding these raids and palestinians that they need to make peace while leaving the arab world feeling even more
united states continues to work with allies and friends and the syrian opposition to hasten the end of assad's rule and only ran on its nuclear program more of the same warnings netanyahu seized on that year to send a message to tehran about american loyalty to israel mr president i want to thank you once again for always making clear that israel must be able to defend itself by itself against any threat it's no coincidence that obama chose israel for the first foreign visit of his second term...